Root Access

12:33 AM

People speaking about drinking tap water as if it's normal sounds so otherwordly to me

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Q: How can I avoid ordering multiple bottles of water at a restaurant?

I have a couple esophageal conditions that result in a high probability of a food bolus impaction when eating (a food bolus impaction is when food gets stuck in the esophagus). There are a few precautions I take when eating to reduce the risk of food getting stuck in my esophagus, one of them bei...

Bob

@ThatREDACTEDGuy I prefer tap water :P

Boiled water is ... flat

Avery

tap water here is 99% lime here

bwDraco

@Avery lol

New York City's tap water is generally considered to be every bit as good as spring water, if not better.

bwDraco

12:57 AM

tomshardware.com/news/…

IoT security issues. Again.

Ben N

1:14 AM

Fixing the IoT isn't going to be easy

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That REDACTED Guy

Tap water is 99% coliforms here

Journeyman Geek

Yay. I found the other end of the cable in the classroom that is driving me mad.

Bob

1:33 AM

@JourneymanGeek is it plugged into a toaster?

Journeyman Geek

Oddly no. Same switch as everything

Bob

1:50 AM

@JourneymanGeek you should plug it into a toaster

it can only help

Journeyman Geek

2:20 AM

Lol

Journeyman Geek

2:34 AM

I think I fixed it by swapping ports. Sad part is I never noted down what port it was before

Michael Frank

@BenN Don't you know the S in IoT stands for Security?!

Bob

2:56 AM

@JourneymanGeek What kind of switch?

Maybe a funny VLAN config?

Journeyman Geek

.... regular dumb switch

Bob

... o.O

Journeyman Geek

I think they seperated out the subnets at the firewall, so could be some oddness there

oh believe me, I considered that ;p

..... now that I fixed it. I WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT IT WAS :(

this is like having a nemesis in shadow of mordor who just won't die. then suddenly gets eaten by a garg

XKCD

4:13 AM

According to the cable company reps who keep calling me, it's because I haven't upgraded to the XTREME GIGABAND PANAMAX FLAVOR-BLASTED PRO PACKAGE WITH HBO, which is only $5 more per month for the first 6 months and five billion dollars per month after that.

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bwDraco

@XKCD lel

Journeyman Geek

lol

ironically, its both for the same reason

Avery

5:09 AM

I'm having that happen

for ~3 years now

spend ~15gb on cellular per month.

Rahul2001

5:29 AM

Hello!

Journeyman Geek

5:41 AM

heh. My manager is trying to reinstall 2003 on a server for reasons. Its sata and that old rustbucket/OS wouldn't detect it and we have no floppy drives...

I was "Its like XP right? Go into bios, and change that and that and..."

boom. It installs. We'll probably regret it later but, I look smart ;)

allquixotic

@XKCD the alt text is amazing

Journeyman Geek

lol

tbh, since I'm making ethernet cables at work... I have no excuse not to cable up my apartment, other than PAF ;p

also, I got leave for my birthday. No pay leave ;p

since I'm on probation and this place kinda sucks

Bob

@JourneymanGeek whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy‌yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

oh well, it'll probably be cryptowared within the week

silver linings...

Journeyman Geek

cause management won't fund a new AD server

Bob

@JourneymanGeek got yourself a tester yet? :P

Journeyman Geek

5:53 AM

and shug his problem, not mine

Bob

@JourneymanGeek AD. server. on server 2003

Journeyman Geek

@Bob work has a pair now

Bob

why not run NT4 while you're at it?

Journeyman Geek

@Bob "We'll probably regret it later"

I PERSONALLY think its a terrible idea

and isn't likely to get anywhere

HOWEVER, considering my current plans and work scope. Meh.

Bob

@JourneymanGeek this is where you probably wanna CYA

document the potential issues, especially security-wise

though idk how receptive your boss will be to it

satibel

6:07 AM

@JourneymanGeek "I'm not payed enough to deal with that shit\"

tbf 2003 is a really good os, if it was still receiving security patches, it wouldn't be a big deal.

Journeyman Geek

@Bob I am literally literally not touching it

lol

he tried 2008 I think

won't run on the rustbucket

Bob

@JourneymanGeek ...if it's SATA...

Rahul2001

I think my computer teacher will go crazy if she sees me using Windows on these PCs, they're supposed to be running Ubuntu. She doesn't know about WindowsToGo.

Bob

@satibel noooooooooooooope

doesn't even support NLA

Journeyman Geek

@Bob has sata, pata and SCSI...

Bob

6:21 AM

@JourneymanGeek I meant, it belongs in the 2008 era

satibel

6:31 AM

probably... wait, that's 10 years ago? I'm old '-'

Journeyman Geek